31 CFR 370.39
§ 370.39 To what extent is a digital signature admissible in any civil litigation or dispute?
United States · 31 CFR — Money and Finance: Treasury · Status: effective
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- 31 CFR 370.39, § 370.39 To what extent is a digital signature admissible in any civil litigation or dispute?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/140667
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In asserting a digital signature against you in any civil litigation or dispute, extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent of admissibility (such as testimony about the scientific validity of digital signatures) is not necessary to establish:
(a) That a digital signature corresponds to a specific public key pair, and;
(b) That an electronic message to which the digital signature is affixed has not been altered from its original form.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.